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Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1887-01-15
SUDDEN FREEZE OF SO.
Recoliections of the Greatest Cold Wave
That Was Ever Known In Illinois.

Reooiiections Of the Greatest Cold Wave
That Was Ever Known In Illinois.
"A neighbor o. mine had u queer
experience. He was butcherin' hogs
that day, and at noon went TO dinner,
leaving n good fire under AN iron ket-
tie and the water boiling In 1t. When
he went out after dinner the fire was
still burning brightly, but there was
Two inches Of ice ON top of the water
10 the kettle. They broke q hole
through with hatchet, al my neigh
Dor reached his hand down IN there
an got 1t scslded in the water near
the bott'm Of the kettle.
1T was nothing uncommon to have
clothing frozen on mems bodies or
barDess frozen on horses. such
pranks as them seemed to be right in
Mr.. Blizzard's line. But the mischief
IL played with drove Of hogs belong
ing to Audy Heredeth. Of Springfield,
was n caution. In thoee days st.
Louis WAS the great hog market for
that section of country, an droveB
Used To axe q heap " hogs to market
at one time, havin' along two or three
wagons loaded with coru for feed. On
the day % the sudden freeze Andy
was drivin' three or four hundred hogs
to town, an had got dowr near Car
linville. Macoupin county, when the
| blizzard lii into 'em. The men had to
run of and leave Their Logs aD' their
wagons, an two % the hurses
wer. frozen TO death IN their
tracks. Tn. men managed TO
git into Carliuville, several of
'em badly frozen. The people there
| took good care Of 'em, an next day .
party started out to look up the nOgs.
Well, cir. the sight that met their
eyes WAS a queer one. They found
tn. NJ hogs all In splle in regular
pyramid-aDd that ,yrsmid was bout
forty feet high. You don't believe u?
Well, twas Ms true as gospel. Andy
told me 30 himself, aud be was truth
ful man. You Zee, the hogs buddied
together a. keep warm. Those on the
outside we're cold, and Kept trying TO
get further in, while those On the In
side was smOlherin' an fghtin' for
fresh air aud not knowing how TO get
IL. The result Of this was that the
hogs in the middle were forced up by
the pressure from the outside and be-
low. and as more hogs got their noses
in under the outer edge of the pyra-
mid an kept rootin' to'rd the center
the porkers ia the middle kept risin'
an risin' ill the topmost was a full
forty feet from the ground. Every
hog in that drove was In that ar pyra-
mid. an every tarDal one of 'em was
frozen stiffer'n poker. IL there'd q
been 5000 hogs in that drove instead
OF three or four we'd had there the great
est curiosity the world ever saw-a
pork pyramid higher'n the Washing.
ton monument. That would make q
pretty good kind Of monument for Phil
Armour, wouldn't it ?"-Drovers'
Journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1887-01-15
SPIKE DRIVING
Thirty-two Inch Spikes Prove
too Much for the Wind and
Muscle
Of the Gentry Visiting the
Works OF the Tongue
River Dam
Legislative Laborers Working
in Earnest at the Law
Machine at Helena.
A TRIP TO THE DAM.

A TRIP TO THE DAM.
Spike Driving Extraordinary by Distin-
guished Guests.
Yesterday by invitation of the stock
holders of the Miles City Irrigsting
and Ditch company, a number of gen.
tlemen visited the dam ut the head of
the ditch, for the purpose Of inspect
ing its construction before 1t was for
ever closed from view by the putting
on Of the apron. The party consisted
of Col. Gibson, MajoS Snyder, Capt.
Moylan, Capt. Carter, Lieut.. Particle
and Mr.. Holmes from Fort Keogh,
and Messrs. Jordan, Strevell, Huff.
man, Comstock, Bryan, Macqueen,
Whitney, Orschel, knight, Campbell,
Van :Gasken, Gordon. Kelsey. Moore
and Robinson from Miles City.
The start was made from town about
10 o'clock, and with fair roads and
good teams, the construction cemp
was reached about noon. As soon a.
the party had unloaded themselves
and what few packages Of snske-bite
antidote had been brought along, they
were conveyed by Mr.. Jordan to the
dam, which was found to be 80 nearly
complete that another day or two will
be all that ia requisite TO make IL a
finished work. The only work that
remains to be done 10 the filling In
with rock and gravel of an omen spsce
of about eleven feet wide through
which the whole present volume OF
Tongue river flows. Tn. apron has
been carried 10 t,i. opening and as
soon as IL Is closed aud the apron laid
over IL The dam will pr.s.Dt "A smooth
and uubr,ken surface over which the
ice may flow in lis madd-st rush with
out fear for the safety of the struc-
ture. As we have heretofore given a
lengthy and detailed description
of the dam, we shall not
again go into the subject, excep,
TO say that the closing Of the gap is ex
pected tp take pIuc. ON Monday next
when will be witnessed The novel anC
majestic spectacle of IN. rising Of tn,
water against il until IL reaches h. ,urt
and flows over, IL was estimated %,
scientific gentlemen present that I,
would require from twenty -lour to for
ty-eipht hours with the present flow o
water to back up sufficiently to flow
over the daln, ~ tn. best part of th {.
show will probably be a day or two aftel
the closing and when the water he,
reached its greatest height.
One Of the customs observed In tn,
construction of the dam has been lhs,
whenever the work was visited by
distinguished persons that tie visitor,
be requested 10 drive spike" Thi,
on the face of ii Is n very ordinary re-
quest and almost always generously J
acceded to by the visitor, but-th,
spike Is thirty two inches long and tn,
material into which IL !. 10 ve driver
il a mountain pine twelve inche
square. Yesterday the spike drivin,
was first Inferred upon Judge sire
veil, whose herculean proportion
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-13
ORE HILL.

July 4th brought quite number of the boys around, among whom we men, tion Thomas Horan, Peter Ryan, John Lawler, John Fallen, Wm Conklin with his wife, and others The Ore Hill cornet band went to Sheffield, Mass, on the 4th The Ore Hill base ball club played with the Salisbury boys and beat them on Thursday last. /. .Atthe school meeting June 3Oth, Edward Cook, B.. F. Sanford and Capt. Wm Bartle were chosen committee Wm Horan, clerk John Shea treasurer, and Edward Cook collector. Mrs Loretta Dunn, of Ox- ford, and Miss Phenie Grant, of Nauga. tuck, are visiting among their friends in Ore Hill. .. . Mrs Capt Bartle is quite sick, and Theron J. Gibbs is under the weather. John Knox. of Albany, spent few days last week with his brother-in-law, w. P. Everts. II hea, that Esquire Crane, of Millerton, noun. ted horserake last Friday to show g boy how to rake, but fell backward from the rake and dislocated his neck and died Sunday.
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-13
EAST CANAAN.

B. J. Prescott is building large and commodious barn on the Lorrain pro- perty. Chas. Johnson does the work The old house opposite Wm. Adams store, known as the Widow White place, has been taken down ;. Wm. Adam suffers the loss of horse valued at S125. /. E. s. Roberts has sold the last of Q car load of Bradley moving machines and rakes, the largest sale of machines ever made by one agent in town, in a single season .. Mrs Geo. M. Dilley and daughter, of Palestine, Texas, have been spending 8 few days with relatives in town. Mrs D. is neice of Hifam Briggs. :. Henry Beardsley and his men are painting the buildings belonging to the B. R. Go. in this village. .. . Prospecting for lime- stone still continues, with what success we are not informed The grass crop in this section is said to be good one .-..The chapel will be ready for occu- pancy on Sunday, July 24th. The atten- dance at church, notwithstanding the offshoot, is larger than the average for the past two years, as only comparative ly few of those taking letters to the Pilgrim church have attended church here in many years.
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nesses, and conveyed home, where he remained in bed until Friday of the same week The work of laying a concrete walk on Railroad street con- t1nues Willis Noxon, a lawyer of Minneapolis, Minn., son of John D. Noxon, is visiting in town. Franklin Emmons, of Winsted, Ct., who is 92 years old, visited friends in the west part of this town last week. James Wilson, formerly of this village, will open meat market on Railroad street this week . . Seven persons have joined St Peters total abstinance society since July 4. Col s. $. Sumner and daugh- ter, of Bridgeport, Ct., arrived in town Saturday w. A. Heaply, of Lee, has the job to construct concrete walks from Brewers store to the Congrega- tional church, and on Castle street towards Brainard's, along by the Il. T.. Robbins place, and elsewhere Rev V. N. Traver and family go to the Canaan camp ground this week. .. Rev J. w. Lewis, son of Ward Lewis, of this place, preached at West Torrlngton Conn, last Sunday.
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-13
DEATH OF DICK HADLEY.

Dick Hadley or Higgins. the notori- ous post office robber. died recently at the state prison. He had several years of his term to serve, and on coming out would have been tried for robbing the post office at Baltimore, Md.
 On August 18th, 1883. Dick Hadley and Frank Howard were arrested near Ashley Falls, Mass, and were brought to Canaan and tried and committed on . charge of stealing horse, wagon, etc., of 4r Shaw, of VanDeusenville, Mass, and which property was recovered at Pine Grove Camp Ground, near Canaan on August 1st, although Hadley and Howard escaped at that time from the officer who was endeavoring to arrest them. They were placed under s5,OOO bonds. which they were unable to furnish, and were taken the following day to Litchfeld jail, where it was afterward discovered that Hadley, at least, was notorious criminal whose home was at Bridgeport, Conn.
 
 About three years ago Postmaster Clark, of Birmingham, captured Dick Hadley, alias Higgins, one of the most notorious post office robbers in the $ country. Hadley had been sentenced to the state prison, but had escaped from Sheriff Porter, of Litchfeld coun- ty, while on the way to Wethersfeld. After being recaptured Hadley made a confession, stating that Henry Prescott, . Litchfield lawyer, had furnished him the key with which he unlocked his handcuffs just before he jumped from the wagon and ran into the woods. Prescott was expelled from the bar and is now 8 common tramp.
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GREAT HARRINGTON.

The District court has had consider able business the past week or more, the most important cases being the following Mrs Josephene Doran, for lewd conduct, put under $1O0 bonds to keep the peace for six months. Thomas Gibbons, Jr., for an assault on Patrick Welch with lager beer bottle, at the house of Mike Hines, where all had been drinking, fine and costs 1888, and ordered to give $1OO bonds to keep the peace for six months. but being unable to raise the money or procure bail Gibbons was taken to the house ot correction. Frederick Bailey, for en- gazing in fight at the house of Orren Hadsell, in eighty-fve, and then fled from the state, returned recently and being arrested was fined $1O and costs, and in default of payment, taken to the house of correction. Henry Mills, of Sandsfeld, for an assault on Smith Sackett, fined $40 and costs and goes to the Superior court for trial on appeal. next week. This is quite an interesting case, and the trouble is in relation to the ownership of few acres of land with some old buildings thereon, which years ago belonged to Dr Bass, now deceased. There are several heirs to the small estate, and about year ago Ebenezer B. Hillard, one of the heirs, gave Smith Sackett the power of attor- ney over the place, which for seven years had been occupied by Harla R. Sage, who removed to Waterbury some two years ago, and gave Mills a quit claim deed, but it is now stated by per sons residing in the town that Sage was 8 squatter on the place and had no title. After receiving the power of attorney, Sackett notified Mills to remove from the farm, which Mills proceeded to do, and remained away until June 27, when he returned with two loads of goods, and finding Sackett in the house, made the assault by pushing the old man out doors and then to the ground, where he was taken up insensihle, by thres wit
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SOUTHElELD.

Miss Olivia Horton, of Ohio, and granddaughter of G. Baldwin, formerly from this place, is visiting friends here for week. .. Frequent showers, and some having are the order of the day -. .Messrs Knott & Barry have quite a lot of leather for lashes, and are about ready to fill orders :. Mrs R. I. Shaver is very closely confined to the matronly business at New Marlboro boarding house. .. Willie Baldwin and James Dardis were here from Winsted, and R. I. Shaver returned with them, to re- sume work on Monday. Mrs John Barry arrived home from few months stay in New Haven. Ct Will Kasson, who has been fixing over his house for boarder, is now ready and expects several, who will be very kindly treated As this is an extra place for boarders we think two or three families more could be induced to take some. Not heal thier place can be found.
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How Cigarette. are Made.

Young men, have you been entieed into the use of cigarettes Do you know how they are made I will tell you. Old cast-away cigar stumps are used in their manufacture. Boys are employed to gather tho m from the hotels, bar-rooms, sidewalks, or where ever they are thrown. Collectors buy them, and send them to the manufae- tories by the barrel No matter how disgusting the spot whence they are picked-whether the spittoon with its dangerous saliva, or the gutter with it's flth-the foul refuse finds its way into the mouth and nostrils of the cigarette smoker. But even this is not the worst of 1t. These cigar stumps have been in the mouths of all sorts of men drunkards, fast young men, rotten old roues, whose very kiss, or touch, or even the pencil they have held in their mouths, might communicate the foulest and most fearful disease that comes to human being. Knowing this, can you ever put cigarette in your mouth again Commence at once with the resolution to let smoking alone, and let nothing tempt you to swerve from ik-l Christian Advocate.
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-13
ASHLEY FALLS.

Geo. Day and family spent Sunday with Mrs Grifeth. .S. B. P. Knox, M. D., of Santa Barbara, Cal, who has been spending a few days with his father-in-law, Dr Scoville, returned to California via Phillips excursion from Boston last week. .Dr Scoville and Mir Henry Clark have been on the sick list several dayss but at this writing are more comfortable, and we hope soon to see them about again. Two such active men are missed when laid by for recruit. .. The funeral of Mrs Samuel Ham, of Chapinville, was held in this church, Monday afternoon, Rev MT Starks officiating.
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-13
CANAAN VALLEY.

J. H. Benton spent last week with friends in Monterey. ... Mir and Mrs Wm Amstead are visiting in VanDeusen vile. :. Miss Sarah Sardam is home from Tyringham during the vacation of her school there MT and Mrs Has, kell, from Hartford. are visiting at L.. M. Stanard's Levi Stanard recently had 8 swarm of bees come and hive themselves in the cornice of his house. Owing to the severe drouth the grass crop in this section is very light this year. Some are cutting their oats and making hay of them to help out their hay crop.
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l.AkEVILLE.

The Lakeville nine went over :and played Q matched game of base ball with the Millerton club July 4. Returns were too late getting in for last weeks News, and as the Lakeville boys were beaten we do not hear much about it anyway. .. The display of fireworks on the night of the Fourth, was quite fine in spite of the full moon looking calmly down on mans puny inventions. Those sent off by MT Cornell and MT Rudd are worthy of mention, The Bosco sleight- performance and gift festival held forth at the Academy hall on the evenings of July 4, 5 and 6. A number were nightly made happy by receiving valuable (g presents. MT and Mrs John Merwin returned home on Thursday, after an absence of three weeks. On the same day Mrs Niver and Miss Alice Niver, of Waterbury, passed through Lakeyille on their way to Illinois The weather of last week was so oppressive that even news-gather- ing became burden, hence "these few lines."
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-13
MILL RIVER

Mir and Mrs Haslum, of Hartford, Ct. :, have been visiting at Mir Stanard's the past week . Charles Pinney, of Wor- cester, is home for 8 vacation. Miss Dora Tuesdell, of West Stock bridge, is spending few days with friends in this village. Miss Eliza Freeman is very sick, and is not expected to live. ...... Doctor and Mrs Pease left Tuesday morning for the seashore where they expect to spend couple of weeks. The Doctor has been sick number of days and not able to attend to his patients. There are great many cases ot whooping cough among the children here :. Mir and Mrs Thomas Prince are both improving and will soon be out again. Mrs Prince has been sick three montha ]. Prayer meeting in the church Friday evening.
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-13
An Important Collection.

John Whitlock, of Birmingham, is the possessor of nearly 100 ancient clocks and watches, and six times as many weapons of all kinds, from Chi nese matchlocks 300 years old down to dueling pistols and similar h-deal- ing articles. Mir Whitlock has been many years in making this collection and has travelled many miles and spent many dollars in getting together one of the most important antiquarian collec- tions in the country Bridgeport Leader.
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Stubborn Facts.

The credit of the State of Connecti- cut could not be better. Bids of $7O0,- OOO. 900 for s1, ,OOO, 900 of bonds means a great deal and it means more than that the State enjoys an exceptionally high-standing in the financial world it signifies that there is large amount of capital unemployed seeking investment at low rates of interest. Sometimes lit tie Connecticut is spoken of contemptu- ouslY as the Wooden Nutmeg State, and made to look very small in comparison with other States, of large territory, but, after all, she fills 8 big niche for learning, intelligence, enterprise and wealth. h.- Greenwich Graphic.
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-13

It doan make no differance how many good resolutions man makes nor how
 many times he 'fesses ligion, eff his blood ain't right when he's born he's boun' to be bad pussen. Nature puts de mean mark on a man an neber changes her mind afterwards. A man may be full ob deblement and reason hissef outen it, but eff he's born wid de lack ob principle, he'll die wid de same lack. Judas could no more help betray- en his Marster den his Marster could help bein' cruciied-[ Arkansas Traveller
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-13
NEW MARLBORO.

No public celebration in town on the Fourth. Most of the farmers here begin having this week, with the pros- pect of only an average crop. :. Stephen Powell has bought the dwelling house formerly owned by MT Futile. :. Sever al boarders have arrived at MT Clark s house The South Berkshire House is filling up. Messrs Curtin and Hayes have recently added to their livery.
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Subscription nAccOunt.-The date on the solored slip of paper with the name of the sub ccriber. shows the time to which the sub. ocription Is pnid; thus, R. B. Smith 5JulS5, indicates that MT. Smith has paid for his paper to July 5, 1885. Itls hopedtha subscribers will see to ie that their account. indicated by the date on their papers is always correct and when they pay for renewal of their subscription, will ob- sefve whethe their date changed to indicate the proper credit and in the event of an error to in- form us for correction at once. No claims for er- TOTS In these account wi,hereafter be considered after the payment is claimed to have been made, the regular receipt ofthe paper with the date to which the subscription is paid plainly printed thereon is prima facie evidence of it's acceptance as cOrreet.
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-13
WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1887.
pr Frank Gallagher Arrested.

UT rssnA SHssAAuS ner ArrcsSeO.
 Dr Frank Gallagher of New Haven, who is charged with murder in the first degree for procuring an abortion on Sadie Heinmann about year ago, was arrested Sunday at Oakland, Cal. He will probably be brought east, but the chances of procuring g conviction are not very good, the Heinmann family having removed to southern Texas, rendering it difficult to pro- cure the necessary witnesses. = Hart ford Courant.
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-13
MILL RIVER.

A big story, but true one. Roger Hayes and son gathered and canned 8 70 quart milk can full of potato bugs fsolid meats) last Saturday forenoon. sVe think if they have good luck with fhsm canned they will bring more next
 intef than to dispose of them now, as
 Qnto buss ess quite plenty all about
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For Sale,

THE premises situated in the village of j. Millerton, N Y., known as the N. c. Beach perfect order. Furnace, hot and cold water, all modern conveniences. Call and examine. Two-thirds of the purchase price can remain, if desired. Possession given this fall or next spring For further particulars inquire of s. H. BROWN, Milertop, N. Y.
 Or 255 Main St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-13
Laws Respecting Newspapers,

Printed for the benefit of those who think that ordering paper stopped absolves them from paying up arrearages:-
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 "Subscribers who do not give express notice to the contrary considered as wishing to continue their subscriptions.
 sIf subscribers order the discontinuance of their paper the publishers may continue to send them until all arrears paid.''
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-13
SPORTSMEN. NCHEdn GAKn :!

A IL persons killing, shooting, pursuing and 11 taking in any way, in open or close sea- son, Game, Birds and Fish on the lands and waters owned or occupied by any of the under signed in NORTH CANAAN, Conn.,, will be treat. ed as trespassers and prosecuted as such, and laws relating to Fish, Game and Birds.
 Lyman Cunning, Geo. K. Goodwin, Michael
 Keane, Levi Bronson, H. c. Stevens X Son,
 Miss Sarah Foster, Talmadge Pulver, Mrs
 Mary B. Clark, Hiram Robsy, Chas Morria.
 Geo D. Callame. Leonard Lawrence. Frank
 Gaylord, Wm. F. Pelton, Frederick 6Sonson.
 Htram Briggs, Isaac Dssbss G Q. 1oaeeta
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-13

Six young men go to college this year from the Reid classical school. So far no graduates from this school have been rejected in their college examina- tions. The names of this years gradu- ates, with the colleges they enter are as follows
 William B. Perry, Jr., Brown University.
 Edward c. Bissell, Yale Academic.
 John s. Griggs, Jr., Lehigh Uni versity.
 Milton H. Robbins, Jr., Lehigh University.
 Wm Ernest Walker, Yale Scientific.
 Charles l.. Warner, Williams College.
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LOST.

0N Saturday last, July 2d, one red leather O covered Book, 4x8 inches in size, contain ing rough drawings and figures for monu- mental work, of no value to anyone except the owner. The finder will confer favor and receive fair compensation by leaving it at the office of the News
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Business Cards.

"OUSATONIC LODGE, No. 6ls F Hand A. M Regular communication. Sec ond and Fourth Saturday of each month.